The 177th independent Special Forces Unit was deployed to
Afghanistan 29.10.81 to 15.2.89 - cover designation was 2nd Motorised Rifle
Battalion - operated from Ghazni and Kabul - from 1985 attached to the
15th
independent Special Forces Brigade GRU while in Afghanistan.

The 177th independent Special Forces Unit took part in
operations in Chechnya - 1995 and 1999 to 2006.

The 329th independent Special Forces Unit took part in
operations in Georgia from august 2008.